I didn’t support Buhari in 2015, I only said Nigerians shouldn’t vote for Jonathan – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has said that he didn’t tell Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 general elections.
Soyinka stated this while speaking at a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday April 7.
The 87-year-old literary icon said he never supported the candidacy of Buhari in 2015 but only asked Nigerians not to vote for former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said; “Jonathan had a chance to win that election and I told him this. He blew it. He really blew it on many levels.
“Before the election, I told him frankly. I told him why I was not going to vote for him or support him because he lost the confidence and trust of the people — a couple of actions and inactions, including his failure to tackle corruption. Despite that, it is false to say that I supported the election of Buhari.
“If I believed that is what I should do, I would not hesitate one moment to come out and say this is the candidate. I challenge anyone to say where did I say vote for Buhari — when, what occasion and in what language?
“What I said very distinctly is ‘do not vote for Jonathan’. I don’t regret that because the level of corruption at that stage was such at number one.
“It is a shame that one has to recall negativities. At no time did I ever say ‘vote for Buhari’. You can’t find it anywhere. I did not vote for Buhari. If you do not believe me, go and ask the security man in Abeokuta who used to accompany me if I left my house that day.”
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